Robin Müller, a scientist at the Institute of Flight Systems and Automatic Control (FSR) at TU Darmstadt, joined the team of over 90 emergenCITY researchers in February. The mechanical engineering graduate, who also holds a master’s degree in computational engineering, is working on integrating unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) into cities. In the future, these aircrafts will become increasingly important in urban infrastructure. To enable them to move safely and routinely through the airspace, a concept must be developed that deals with how hazards can be automatically identified and how appropriate countermeasures can be initiated. This must be validated in field tests.

“To this end, I am researching models and algorithms that will allow the unmanned, urban air traffic of tomorrow to classify and handle irregular events fully automatically,” Robin Müller explains.

Within the LOEWE center emergenCITY, he wants to develop resilient demonstrators for crisis situations so that emergency services can react and act more quickly. In doing so, he is building on existing applications in the field of UAS. He also wants to contribute to providing a functional concept for the safe operation of these aircrafts so that critical infrastructure can be restored and relief supplies can be delivered.